Appeal No. 96-0546
Application No. 07/947,010
Claims 14 through 16, 18 and 20 through 22 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Upp in view
of Newman.
Claims 18 and 20 through 22 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Upp in view of
Newman and either Todd, Traw or Buhrke.
Reference is made to the brief and the answer for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
and we will reverse the obviousness rejection of claims 14
through 16, 18 and 20 through 22.
Appellants and the examiner both agree (Brief, page 4,
and Answer, page 5) that the clock regenerators 40a through
40p of Upp are located at the output ports as opposed to the
input ports as required by claims 14 through 16, 18 and 20
through 22 on appeal. According to the examiner (Answer, page
5), “[i]t would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in
the art at the time of Appellant’s [sic, Appellants’]
invention to place the clock regenerators of Upp at the input
port of the switching network, since it has been held that
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